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China is now the biggest economy to pledge support to help buy and distribute the shots fairly as part of the COVAX initiative. (AFP)

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China joins COVAX initiative for fair COVID-19 vaccine distribution

China is also holding separate talks with the WHO to have its locally produced COVID-19 vaccines assessed for...

9 Oct 2020 1:24 PM IST

About 90% of Sinovac Biotech Ltd employees and their families have taken an experimental coronavirus vaccine. (AFP Photo)

Science

Brazil halting COVID-19 vaccine trial surprises the world

CoronaVac is being tested in seven Brazilian states, plus the federal district where the capital Brasilia lies.

10 Nov 2020 12:53 PM IST

Brazilian pediatric doctor Monica Levi, one of the volunteers who received the COVID-19 vaccine, speaks during an interview at the Specialized Clinic in Infectious and Parasitic Diseases and Immunizations (CEDIPI), in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The doctor is one of the 5,000 volunteers participating in Brazil of the phase 3 trials - the last before homologation - of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine, developed by the University of Oxford together with the British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca. (AFP)

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Brazil healthcare staff volunteer to test coronavirus vaccines

Brazil is also the first country carrying out Phase 3 trials of Chinese vaccine CoronaVac, developed by pharmaceutical...

30 July 2020 9:11 AM IST

$Both China and SinoPharm have invested heavily in a tried-and-true technology - an \inactivated vaccine made by growing the whole virus in a lab and then killing it. (Representational Image: AP)$ World

Chinese firm SinoPharm boasts about using workers to 'pre-test'...

The company's claim that 30 special volunteers' rolled up their sleeves for pre-test without a government approval...

16 July 2020 1:02 PM IST

A lab technician wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) takes reagent bottles to perform vaccine tests. (AFP)

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China approves emergency usage of COVID-19 vaccines

Emergency use authorization allows unapproved vaccine candidates to be used among people with high risk of infection on...

24 Aug 2020 9:23 AM IST

In this Wednesday, April 8, 2020 photo provided by the Center for Pharmaceutical Research, a pharmacy technologist using a biosafety level 2 hood prepares a COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine candidate for testing in Kansas City, Mo. This early safety study, called a Phase 1 trial, is using a vaccine candidate developed by Inovio Pharmaceuticals. (Photo | AP)

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Chinese mining company used COVID-19 vaccine in PNG

National Pandemic Response Controller banned COVID-19 vaccine testing or trials in Papua New Guinea on Thursday

21 Aug 2020 12:13 PM IST

Chinas approach runs counter to that of many Western countries, where experts have warned against authorizing the emergency use of vaccines that have not completed testing. (AP)

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In coronavirus vaccine race, China inoculates thousands before trials...

Vaccine safety came into sharp focus last week when AstraZeneca Plc paused late-stage clinical trials of its COVID-19...

16 Sept 2020 10:05 AM IST

The vaccine is a collaborative mission between Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland that involves researchers from the University of Hong Kong, Xiamen University, and Beijing Wantai Biological Pharmacy. (AFP)

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China approves first nasal spray COVID-19 vaccine for trials

The nasal spray vaccination could generate double protection for vaccine recipients - influenza and the novel...

11 Sept 2020 8:48 AM IST

A visitor wearing a face mask looks at a model of a coronavirus and boxes for COVID-19 vaccines at a display by Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinopharm at the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. With the COVID-19 pandemic largely under control, Chinas capital on Saturday kicked off one of the first large-scale public events since the start of the coronavirus outbreak, as tens of thousands of attendees were expected to visit displays from nearly 2,000 Chinese and foreign companies showcasing their products and services. (AP)

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China shows off homegrown COVID-19 vaccines for first time

The potential vaccines on display are among nearly 10 worldwide to enter phase 3 trials, the last step ahead of...

7 Sept 2020 4:06 PM IST

Chinas insistence that those who apply for a visa should have inoculated themselves with a Chinese-made vaccine defies logic and scientific principles, and reflects a total ignorance about the objective realities about the pandemic situation in the world. (Photo: PTI)

Opinion

AA Edit | China's Catch-22 on vaccine

Vaccination for all must be a universal goal at present, and every nation, including China, should be part of it

18 March 2021 4:46 AM IST